Shloka 8
रामेण यदि ते पापे किञ्चित्कृतमशोभनम्।अपकारः क इह ते वैदेह्या दर्शितोऽधमे।।।।
rāmeṇa yadi te pāpe kiñcit kṛtam aśobhanam | apakāraḥ ka iha te vaidehyā darśito ’dhame ||
O Sünderin, wenn Rāma dir auch nur etwas Unziemliches getan hat, so sag es mir, Elende: welche Kränkung hat dir Vaidehī hier je gezeigt, du Niedrige?
O sinful woman! O wretch! Rama might have done something unbecoming to you, but what offence has Sita committed?
FAQs
Dharma demands moral accountability: even if one claims injury from a person, it is unrighteous to transfer punishment onto another who is innocent.
Daśaratha confronts Kaikeyī: even granting her grievance against Rāma, he insists Sītā has committed no wrong to deserve hardship.
Daśaratha’s insistence on justice and proper attribution of fault.